Cosmetic Surgeons

Our dedicated team of leading consultants

Candover’s team of consultants and nursing staff, all with substantive NHS positions, are able to provide the best possible care and aesthetic outcome within the safe and strictly regulated NHS environment. At Candover all of our surgeons are fully accredited in their specialist fields, with many years’ experience in areas such as reconstructive surgery before extending their skills into private cosmetic surgery.

Candover offers a dedicated Cosmetic Nurse Specialist, Louise Hall, who works closely alongside all of our consultants. Louise brings long and extensive experience of all types of cosmetic treatment having guided many patients through their cosmetic journey with great care and understanding. Please contact Louise if you require advice on any cosmetic procedure.

To learn more about a Consultant and their specialities please select a name from the table below:

Mr Kevin Harris

Mr Kevin Harris is Clinical Director at Candover Clinic and qualified in 1993 from Oxford University and further studies at University of London with a BA(Oxon) MB BS. Mr Harris is a Consultant Breast, Endocrine and General surgeon at the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital. Mr Harris is a Specialist in Breast Oncoplastic procedures such as immediate breast reconstruction following mastectomy for breast cancer and breast reduction procedures. He has been Clinical Lead for the Breast Unit at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital since 2008.

Mr Harris’ specialist interests include:

Breast augmentation

Breast reduction

Re-do breast surgery

Implant surgery

LD flap reconstruction

Gynaecomastia

Dr Janet Holder

Dr Janet Holder has been a Consultant Dermatologist at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital since January 2009. She became the lead for service improvement and skin cancer lead from January 2010. Dr Holder graduated from the University of the West Indies in 1985. She obtained a diploma in Dermatology with distinction from the University of London in 1991. She continued her training at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, the Leicester Royal Infirmary, the Walsgrave hospital in Coventry and the Royal London hospital.

Mr Mansoor Khan

Mr Mansoor Khan is a Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon. He has a large experience in reconstructive and cosmetic surgery. Mr Khan graduated from Aberdeen University in 1995 and has undertaken 12 years of training in plastic surgery and completed extensive research at Imperial College and obtained his MD in 2003. He undertook a year long fellowship in New Zealand in reconstructive and burns surgery before taking up his post in 2008 as a consultant at the Wessex Regional Plastic Surgery Unit in Salisbury District Hospital. Mr Khan’s NHS practice includes breast reconstruction, skin oncology, burns reconstruction and reconstructive microsurgery. Mr Khan is the Surgical Lead for Melanoma and Sarcoma for South Central England.

Mr Khan’s specialist interests include:

Face lifts

Thigh and buttock lifts

Breast augmentation

Breast reduction

Breast reconstruction

Abdominoplasty

Liposuction

Botulinum toxin and dermal fillers

Gynaecomastia

Upper and lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty

Rhinoplasty (nose reshaping)

Mr Christian Phillips

Mr Christian Phillips is a consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology. All patients considering vaginal rejuvenation will be offered a consultation with Consultant Gynaecologist Mr Christian Phillips to ensure the treatment is appropriate for them. Mr Christian Phillips DM FRCOG is a consultant gynaecologist who specialises in the investigation and treatment of female incontinence, prolapse and common gynaecological conditions. He is the Chief investigator in the UK for the international study assessing Incontilase® to treat stress incontinence.

Mr Phillips’ specialises in the investigation and treatment of:

Vaginal Rejuvenation

Dr Tania Phillips

Dr Phillips graduated from Southampton University in 1994. She has been a partner in General Practice for 17 years and over the years she has developed an interest in aesthetics, in particular the benefits of lasers in both facial and whole body aesthetics.

Dr Phillips’ specialist interests include:

Skin Rejuvenation: skin tightening, wrinkle reduction- any area

3D and 4D facelifts: Facelifts with little to no down time, wrinkle reduction, skin tightening, improved tone and collagen production

TightSculpting: breaks down fat cells and tightens the skin treating almost any area of the body – tummy, arms legs etc

Hair removal: all areas from facial to whole body, significantly better results with less treatments than usual lasers

Vaginal rejuvenation for vaginal laxity (IntimaLase® treatment)

Menopausal associated vaginal atrophy (Renovalase® treatment)

NightLase: Stimulation of collagen in the oral mucosa for relief form snoring

Other lesions: fungal nail infection

Mr Charles Sandy

Mr Charles Sandy is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon with an interest in eyelid surgery. He is experienced in reconstructive and cosmetic eyelid surgery and has been a consultant at the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital for 15 years, running a private practice in North Hampshire at the same time. He qualified in medicine from Westminster Hospital in 1986 and as a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in 1993. He undertook ophthalmic training at The Western Eye Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital. Following this he undertook a fellowship at Moorefield’s in ophthalmic plastic surgery under Richard Collin and Geoffrey Rose prior to his appointment at the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital in 2000. He has published various papers on a variety of ophthalmic conditions. In his NHS and private practices he sees patients with a variety of eyelid conditions and treats patients with both cosmetic and reconstructive concerns.

Mrs Diana Slade-Sharman

Mrs Diana Slade-Sharman has been a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust since January 2009. She is currently lead for Breast in Plastic Surgery at Salisbury. Mrs Slade-Sharman trained at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School and undertook her surgical training on the Charing Cross Hospital rotation. She undertook further Plastic Surgery training at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead before completing an MSc. Mrs Slade-Sharman undertook Specialist Plastic Surgery training in the East Anglia (Cambridge) rotation and completed a microsurgical fellowship in Chang Gung Hospital in Taiwan. She has completed a National Breast Oncoplastic Fellowship as well as a Cosmetic Fellowship at St Andrew’s Centre of Burns and Plastic Surgery in Chelmsford.

Mrs Slade-Sharman’s specialist interests include:

Breast reconstruction

Breast reduction

Breast augmentation

Skin cancer

Pinnaplasty

Abdominoplasty

Brachioplasty

Thigh lift

Liposuction

Mr Paul Spraggs

Mr Paul Spraggs has been working as a Consultant in ENT/Head and Neck Surgery at the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital since 1998. His undergraduate and postgraduate medical and surgical training were undertaken in London and included periods of training in Head and Neck surgery in Miami, Florida, and fellowships in Head and Neck oncology and thyroid surgery at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London and the EAFPS fellowship in Facial Plastics surgery in Helsinki. He is laser surgery trained and can offer KTP YAG laser treatment to vascular lesions of the face. He is Clinical Director for Head and Neck services at the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical Lead for Head and Neck skin cancer surgery. He is a member of both the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital’s skin cancer and the regional skin cancer MDT based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital Guildford.

Mr Spraggs’ special interests include:

Rhinoplasty (nose reshaping)

Treatment of prominent ears

Facial ‘aesthetic’ surgery

Reconstructive surgery of the head and neck after cancer treatment

Surgical treatment of skin cancers

Louise Hall

Louise Hall trained at the University of Cape Town and qualified with a Bachelor of Nursing Degree as a registered midwife, paediatric, psychiatric nurse and general adult nurse in 1996. She worked in a private hospital in Cape Town as a midwife and adult nurse until relocating to England in 2000. On moving to the UK, she worked on an oncology ward and studied at the Buckinghamshire Chalfont University in the care of the patient receiving chemotherapy. An opportunity arose to move into the private sector as a night shift leader where she worked on enhancing her management and organisational skills before progressing into a senior nurse role as a specialist cosmetic and bariatric nurse. Within this role she gained a diploma in the care of obese patients, a certificate in care of cosmetics patients in surgery and reconstruction.